PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS
![Group picture with people holding flags in a gymnastics hall](/sites/default/files/images/161207151816612_Africa%2Bgoalball.jpg)
Third series of goalball workshops held in Africa
Uganda hosts 72 participants from seven East African countries
![a huge flag is held up by a crowd of cricket supporters](/sites/default/files/images/171221115615788_Birmingham%2B2022.jpg)
Birmingham to host 2022 Commonwealth Games
The Games will take place between 27 July and 7 August 2022
![a male wheelchair racer in front of a city skyline](/sites/default/files/images/171221120649260_Jose%2BJimenez_0.jpg)
Managua 2018: Jose Jimenez dreams of gold
Costa Rican wheelchair racer targets success at Para Central American Games
![a man speaks into a microphone on stage](/sites/default/files/images/171221122629476_Etienne%2BThobois.jpg)
Paris 2024 confirm Etienne Thobois as CEO
Organising Committee set to launch early in New Year as transition phase ends
![The Paralympic Movement's Athletes' Council.](/sites/default/files/images/170404161334082_IPC%2BAthletes%2BCouncil.jpg)
Seven candidates running for IPC Athletes’ Council
Elections will take place during the PyeongChang 2018 Paralympics
![Day 3 Highlights | World Para Alpine Skiing World Cup, Kuhtai, Austria](/sites/default/files/styles/video_crop_16_9/public/oembed_thumbnails/vxdp5oBofgevs0i0OTeAdnAnz8krC2W5LvBYa21ukfg.jpg?itok=iX3MPW7N)
First win for Anna-Lena Forster at Kuhtai World Cup
Three skiers claim season debut victories on day three
![Day 2 highlights | World Para Alpine Skiing World Cup, Kuhtai, Austria](/sites/default/files/styles/video_crop_16_9/public/oembed_thumbnails/NjZiT2PXNCxQKoKZBuOQPlGIoXMCH5yCBCmdUNIMpFc.jpg?itok=lwbt7bl_)
Jesper Pedersen secures second victory in Kuhtai
Norwegian keeps surprising by winning his second race at the season's first World Cup
![Agitos](/sites/default/files/images/160816074328431_IPC%2BLogo%2B16-9.jpg)
IPC maintains RPC suspension
A final decision on whether the Russian Paralympic Committee can compete at the PyeongChang 2018 Paralympic Winter Games will be taken in January
![four Para athletes competing at their sports](/sites/default/files/images/171220100300376_12%2Bathletes%2Bpart%2B2.jpg)
Twelve Athletes of Christmas: Part Two
New Year's Resolutions and a lookback at 2017 with some of Para athletics' biggest stars
![three wheelchair tennis players playing shots](/sites/default/files/images/171220103649233_ITF%2BChampions.jpg)
2017 wheelchair tennis world champions named
Fernandez, Kamiji and Wagner finish top of ITF rankings